Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems for data ingestion, processing, validation, and reporting. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering expertise with effective use of AI-powered development tools to improve productivity, quality, and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable backend services, data pipelines, and APIs
- Leverage AI tools for development, testing, debugging, documentation, and productivity improvements
- Drive adoption of responsible AI-assisted software development practices
- Write high-quality, testable, and reliable code
- Design fault-tolerant, observable, and maintainable systems
- Own solutions end-to-end from design through operations
- Implement data validation, reconciliation, and audit capabilities
- Build and support CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices
- Collaborate with product, analytics, and data teams
Skills Required
- Strong experience in Scala or Python
- Spark/PySpark and distributed systems expertise
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks.
- Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
- Proficiency with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar
- Understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents, and responsible AI practices is desirable
- Strong testing, system design, and backend development skills
- Experience building APIs, data pipelines, and high-throughput systems
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), CI/CD, and containerisation platforms like Docker, K8.
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Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with equivalent experience
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong experience with Scala or Python
- Expertise with Spark or PySpark and distributed systems
- Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks
- Strong SQL and relational database knowledge
- Proficiency with AI development tools such as Cursor or GitHub Copilot
- Understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents, and responsible AI practices
- Strong testing, system design, and backend development skills
- Experience building APIs, data pipelines, and high-throughput systems
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
IQVIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IQVIA and has not been reviewed or approved by IQVIA.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical/dental/vision plus programs like telemedicine, EAP resources, and additional insurance options. Feedback suggests the health offering is a meaningful part of the overall rewards package, though details can vary by location and plan design.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include an employer match structure that supports employee contributions through a defined formula. This adds steady long-term value to total rewards beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings include vacation/paid time off, holidays, and flexibility themes, with some roles described as having discretionary or unlimited time-off models. This can make the package feel more attractive even when cash compensation is viewed as only mid-range.
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What We Do
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 70,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
